Hey mister bartender, mix me a drink I really need something to tell me it's okay not to think Because I've been to all these bars and I've seen all these
Windows down, pedal to the sneakers Turn up the volume, blow out the speakers Best clothes on, goin' down on fire Turn the lights off, turn the music
I could be valedictorian, having no sex I could smell the roses or watch as it decomposes I could be one of those models shoving coke up their noses I could live in the streets
She stopped me in the doorway She kissed me on the lips, I don't even know her That's just the way it is, that's just the way it is Then she touched
' different time zones My home's where I roam I'm never gonna stop, I'm a rolling stone 'Cause I know how to say Love in many different ways Stumblin' on the streets
I spin around and find myself again With thought I'm just a man in the street You check it out another look alike but he's not me I know the places know
the streets And baby, you better run And I'm searchin' the streets, yeah I'm searchin' the streets And I'm searchin' the streets, yeah I'm searchin' the streets I'm searchin' the streets
promised you some things There's gotta be a better way It's not easy to make that change The streets keep callin' me Although I was raised right Still these streets
streets of New York On the streets of New York On the streets of New York On the streets of New York On the streets of New York On the streets of New
back Step back and see the damage done Shoot straight into the horizon, the streets of America Shoot straight into the horizon, the streets of America
show you how to beat these streets I can show you how to crack that safe Let me show you how to break that bank I'm from the jungle with the concrete streets
high In the name of the streets Dub C, The 'Ghetto Heisman' In the name of the streets Swangin' through a hood near you In the name of the streets
out here And my dreams steal my rest, sleep's the cousin of death Always feels like a race against father time In the streets of New York All I see is street
Hot streets down below me All the people moving slowly As they search each other's faces For a trace of hope concealed beneath their laughter And it'
Remember when we were first falling in love How we planned all the things we would do Beautiful days, the nights all ablaze Hoping our dreams would come
Flying so high Feeling so low Fill my empty heart Don't say no Can I get through this night, with some lovin' to show? Won't you show me the way to go
Take a chance dream a dream Lay a bet down on me I will see you with my heart Raise you with honesty All the love I share with you Is too priceless to